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With apologies to JC Sherritt ...but what an unbelievable weekend it was for offence.

Every quarterback was throwing for 325+ yards and multiple touchdowns, a whole host of running backs were racking up tons of yardage while Chris Williams just might be the scariest player in the league.

There are so many developments in the land of the Wide Receiver. 22-year-old Chris Matthew is leading in yardage, Andy Fantuz is getting a ton of press as the big name free agent, Geroy Simon just broke Milt Stegall’s record and everyone loves watching the 2,398 ways Weston Dressler picks apart a zone. (By the way that wasn't code for Dressler is slow. The guy can fly.)

With so much attention going around to so many athletes I'd like to give some love to the most reliable of all the receivers in the league, Nik Lewis.

Vicki Hall wrote a nice piece on Nik so please allow me to piggy back on her column.

Watching Calgary during the Burris days it would usually be Romby Bryant or Ken-Yon Rambo who made the highlight play, they, along with Joffrey Reynolds would be the ones that would so often catch your eye.

A three-time Grey Cup champion as player, Dave Dickenson knows a thing or two about what it takes for a quarterback to win over teammates.

While not one Calgary Stampeder would have publicly admitted as much at the time, Kevin Glenn needed to prove himself upon taking over in Week 2 as the starter for the injured Drew Tate.

Sure, Glenn is a cagey 12-year Canadian Football League vet. And, sure, he has two 5,000-yard passing seasons to his credit.

But in football, teammates don’t learn to rely on one another by reading a bunch of numbers in a bio on a computer screen.

“I think the main thing the guys needed was the trust factor,” says Dickenson, in his second season as offensive co-ordinator. “They needed to see him do it. I mean, you can see on TV in other games, but they needed to see him do it.

“They needed to see him make the throws.”

Known for his accuracy, Glenn indeed made the throws in last week’s thrilling 41-38 comeback victory over the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

The Canadian Football League business is, at times, a numbers game and Landan Talley felt the crunch Wednesday.

With the signing of veteran defensive back Tad Kornegay earlier this week, Calgary Stampeders head coach and general manager John Hufnagel had to make a call and released the speedy import receiver.

It didn’t help Talley’s case that the Stamps have plenty of players readily available at the position, including good ones such as Marquay McDaniel.

“A tough decision,” Hufnagel said. “I had to bring in a DB and put him on the roster. I have receivers, that’s where we have the most bodies and Marquay is doing so well.

“Unfortunately, Landan was the odd man out, but I’m sure he’ll be playing football again soon.”

Smith cleared

Brandon Smith is good to go Saturday against the B.C. Lions.

The defensive back was a question mark after he was caught up in a tackle and injured his knee in the fourth quarter of last Thursday’s 41-38 overtime victory. It was the same knee he hurt in Toronto which caused him to miss a few days of practice.